Despite their recent run of 10 straight wins, the Yankees will limp into tomorrow’s game against the Mets with two straight losses. And Mark Teixeira will be limping, too.

After yesterday’s 10-5 loss to the Braves at Yankee Stadium, the first baseman said his left heel was still tight and sore after taking a rocket off of his foot from Jason Heyward in Tuesday night’s loss. But after making a late pinch-hit appearance yesterday, Teixeira thinks he should be able to play in tomorrow’s Subway Series opener.

“That’s what we’re hoping,” Teixeira said. “It was real tight and sore in the morning, but we got a lot of treatment in and by the end of the game it was loosened up, so I could get through the inning and at-bat. I wouldn’t have been able to play through nine and hobble through nine.

“I should be fine. I think the day off is going to be really good for it. Remember, this was a day game after a night game so you didn’t even have 24 hours for it to recover. That’s tough whenever you have a bad bruise like that. Having a day game the next day is not perfect for it.”

Joe Girardi said he had already planned on sitting Teixeira yesterday, who had played 27 straight games, but when the all-star asked the manager whether he should get loose midway through yesterday’s matinee, Girardi had no problem putting him to work.

Pinch-hitting for his replacement, Eric Chavez, in the eighth inning, Teixeira ripped a double into left field, feeling fortunate to have jogged into second base standing.

“I’m glad it wasn’t a close play at second,” Teixeira said. “It’s tight in the back of the Achilles and you don’t want to mess around with that, so it was good I could kind of cruise into second base.”

Chavez emulated Teixeira’s power in his absence, going 1-for-2 with a walk, hitting a solo home run to center to lead off the fifth inning. It was Chavez’s fourth home run of the season, but his first since April 30.

However, with the Yankees trailing 6-5 in the top of the eighth and runners on the corners with one out, Chavez attempted to backhand a Freddie Freeman grounder and throw home to nail Martin Prado, but the second-year Yankee was unable to field it cleanly, settling for the out at first as the run scored.

Chavez said he just booted it, but it’s a situation he doesn’t think he’ll encounter again at that position anytime soon.

“Mark’s durable,” Chavez said. “I’m sure he’ll be back [tomorrow] and play another three months in a row.”